The last week of January was characterised by many events.
While President Cyril Ramaphosa was addressing delegates at the basic education sector lekgotla at the Sandton Convention Centre, a pupil was fighting for his life in Alexandra township after being stabbed by a fellow pupil.
A week before the terrifying incident, another pupil had been killed by a pupil at another school in Gauteng.
Two weeks after the adjournment of the lekgotla, a teacher was stabbed by